Periodico101: Sep 7, 2016

Sep 7, 2016

Apple Music is growing, AppStore reaches new heights, Mario is coming to iOS

Apple announced its Apple Music service has reached 17 million paying subscribers and it contains more than 30 million songs already. For comparison – Spotify has 39 million paying subscribers as of last month.

The AppStore reached a new record with 140 billion app downloads. Apple has already refined its design and is working to remove broken apps.

And to celebrate the fast growing AppStore Apple worked with Nintendo to bring the iconic Mario to iOS. The first game featuring the legendary plumber will be Mario Run, which will launch soon. Super Mario stickers are also…

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Apple Music is growing, AppStore reaches new heights, Mario is coming to iOS

Exploding Galaxy Note 7 may have caused a man's house to burn down

_The numerous instances of Samsung’s now-recalled Galaxy Note 7 exploding whilst on charge have naturally caused a great deal of alarm. After all, where there’s fire, there’s always danger, although hitherto, reported incidents have managed to avoid any real harm to person or property. According to WMBF News, though, the house of a Horry County, South Carolina man has burned down in mysterious circumstances, and his charging Note 7 is being blamed.
Fire Rescue investigators say that the fire began right near the the outlet where Wesley Hartzog … – Source

Exploding Galaxy Note 7 may have caused a man's house to burn down

Sunken British Submarine Found Off the Coast of Denmark

On April 10, 1940, British submarine HMS Tarpon and its crew of 50 were sent to Norway to intercept Nazi merchant vessels. They were was never heard from again. Now, after 76 years, the sub has finally been found. An investigation of the remarkably well preserved vessel shows it didn’t go down without a fight.

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Sunken British Submarine Found Off the Coast of Denmark

Blizzard launches World of Warcraft: Legion companion app

Blizzard announced earlier this month it will launch a companion application for its recently released World of Warcraft expansion, Legion.

Today is the day that World of Warcraft fans can download the promised Legion companion app on either Android or iOS platforms. Obviously, the application is available for free, but it requires an Internet connections, just like the PC game.

If you’ve already poured in a decent number of hours into Legion, you’ll be pleased to know that the companion app will save you some instead. Here is what you can do directly for your smartphone without having … – Source

Blizzard launches World of Warcraft: Legion companion app

Mercedes Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch delivery drones

Mercedes-Benz Vans and Matternet, the drone tech startup, have created something of a concept car, or as they’re calling it, a Vision Van, that could change the way small packages are delivered across short distances. The Vision Van’s rooftop serves as a launch and landing pad for Matternet’s new, Matternet 2 drones. The Matternet 2 drones, which are autonomous, can pick up… Read More

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Mercedes Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch delivery drones

'Star Wars' actor John Boyega has an unusual method of waking up in the morning

LONDON — One of the perks of being a badass action hero is that you don’t have to wake up like normal, boring people do.

SEE ALSO: 17 times ‘Star Wars’ actor John Boyega was laugh-out-loud funny on Instagram

John Boyega (a.k.a. Finn from Star Wars: The Force Awakens) is the perfect example of this. On Tuesday, he took to Instagram to show fans what his “morning motivation” sounds like.

Unsurprisingly, the clip went down well.

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'Star Wars' actor John Boyega has an unusual method of waking up in the morning

Lenovo K6, K6 Power and K6 Note hands-on: cheap phones now come with Full HD screens

Lenovo has unveiled its new series of super affordable phones at IFA 2016 in Berlin, and we were there to take a look and see what they are all about.
The Lenovo K6 series, the new entry-level series, comes in three models: the most affordable Lenovo K6, the K6 Power with larger battery, and the K6 Note with its larger display.

A trio of affordable phones with fingerprint scanner and a giant battery option on oneAll of the K6 series share the same essential running block: they are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 system chip featuring … – Source

Lenovo K6, K6 Power and K6 Note hands-on: cheap phones now come with Full HD screens

Apple Watch sales witness sharp dip in growing wearables market: IDC

Fitbit extended its lead in the market for connected wearables in the second quarter amid a sharp drop in Apple Watch sales, a survey showed Tuesday. – Source

Apple Watch sales witness sharp dip in growing wearables market: IDC

'You Are Giving False Information': Malware Developer Sends Correction to IBM Blog

There might be no honor among thieves, but there’s certainly plenty of pride, as a disgruntled malware developer recently proved by …

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'You Are Giving False Information': Malware Developer Sends Correction to IBM Blog

'Racist' cartoon gets Charlie Hebdo comparison by Aussie Press Council

The Australian Press Council has declined to rule on a recent cartoon in The Australian newspaper that many dubbed as racist and offensive.

Illustrator Bill Leak contributed the cartoon after details of the “torture” of juvenile Indigenous prisoners at Don Dale Detention Facility was exposed via leaked security footage. The cartoon seemed to many to suggest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers don’t know they’re own children and it received condemnation for upholding racist stereotypes.

SEE ALSO: Twitter reacts to ‘racist’ political cartoon in Australian newspaper

Despite receiving over 700 complaints, which the Australian Press Council chair, David Weisbrot, said were “mainly from individuals but also from leading Indigenous groups and peak associations,” the organisation decided to take no action. …

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'Racist' cartoon gets Charlie Hebdo comparison by Aussie Press Council

Poll: do you like the new LG V20?

LG has just announced its new phablet, and it looks pretty awesome. Fully made of metal, a lot of attention to the video and audio recording capabilities, upgraded ticker display, and, of course, cutting-edge hardware in the form of a Snapdragon 820 SoC and 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM. It’s certainly a heavy-hitter that will gain its fair share of devout followers.

But is it enough to sway consumers from other top-tier phablet devices? Despite its issues at launch, and assuming that Samsung fixes up its battery issues for good, the Note 7 is still a pretty awesome device, and Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus … – Source

Poll: do you like the new LG V20?

5 questions we have before Sony's big PlayStation event

Sony executives and developers will take the stage Wednesday in New York for an ambiguously titled “PlayStation Meeting.” But despite the obtuse title, we know a bit of what’s being discussed, thanks to Sony’s previous releases and some very leaky retailers.

Sony will undoubtedly spend time highlighting the upcoming …

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5 questions we have before Sony's big PlayStation event

iZettle buys IntelligentPOS to expand from mobile payments to commerce solutions

While Square continues to take small steps into Europe, a would-be homegrown rival has made its first acquisition to expand from mobile payments into a wider set of commerce solutions. iZettle — the Swedish mobile payments startup backed by the likes of Intel, American Express and Spanish banking giant Santander — has bought intelligentpos, whose cloud-based software lets… Read More

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iZettle buys IntelligentPOS to expand from mobile payments to commerce solutions

Black and white: Why Megan Rapinoe's support for Colin Kaepernick is so important

If it’s true that sports can be a powerful lens through which to view bigger issues in American society, many recent events have come with a disturbing — yet seldom acknowledged — visual subtext.

That subtext: When the professional sports stage is leveraged to spotlight the continuing systemic mistreatment of many black people in America, it’s black athletes who protest. Prominent white athletes, meanwhile, stay on the sidelines.

SEE ALSO: If you’re outraged about Brock Turner, you need to learn about Brian Banks

Recent examples aren’t hard to find. When LeBron James and other NBA stars …

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Black and white: Why Megan Rapinoe's support for Colin Kaepernick is so important

Foxconn rumored to start iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus worldwide shipment

According to a report from the Taiwanese media outlet ITHome, Foxconn has started shipping about 370,000 iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus units from its Zhengzhou Technology Park. The units are currently on their merry way to stores in the UK, The Netherlands, Italy and the US.

The report points that the 370,000 units weigh around 210 tons. Mind you, Apple has traditionally had no trouble selling north of 10 million iPhone units during opening weekend, so Foxconn is yet to ship additional tons of iPhones.

Considering the recent reports of what the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will feature,…

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Foxconn rumored to start iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus worldwide shipment

Liveblog: PlayStation Meeting 2016 starts tomorrow at 3pm Eastern

Enlarge / Sony should finally confirm the widely known existence of the PS4 Slim tomorrow. (credit: NeoGAF)

After largely ignoring hardware news at June’s E3, Sony is set to make news with the splashy, official introduction of two pieces of PlayStation hardware tomorrow. The first, a redesign being called the PS4 Slim, has already been leaked and dissected in many corners of the game press, dampening any surprise from tomorrow’s expected announcement. The other, a hardware upgrade with the codename “PS4 Neo,” has been confirmed to exist, but we’re looking forward to confirmations of the rumors and reports surrounding the half-step.

In any case, we’ll be on hand at New York’s PlayStation Theater starting at 3pm Eastern/Noon Pacific on September 7, ready to keep you up to date with the announcements and some instant analysis as they happen. While you wait for the start, why not take a deeper dive into our expectations for the event, based on the best reporting and rumor-wrangling we’ve seen so far. When you’re done, click the link below and get ready to follow along.